Umbrella.



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UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9. 19x5.

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5 noewfo z I CHARLES W. WILSON, OF NEW YORK, NI, Y.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of: Letters Patent. Patent ed Dec. 2%, ll916.

Application filed December 9, 1915. Serial No. 65,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLEs W. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements'in an umbrella having a sight opening or openings therein for the purpose of enabling theuser to have an unobstructed view in a desired direction, even though the umbrella. be so tilted as to shield the head and face of the person against a driving storm, for instance, a position which with the ordinary umbrella would of course interfere with the vision. g

In the present instance it is my purpose to provide an umbrellahaving one or more openings'cut therein and covered with a celluloid or other transparent material thus forming windows through which a person may readily and clearly see in a desired direction when the umbrella is open. When the umbrella is closed, however,'these win dows will not only be concealed from ordinary observation, but will be so positioned as not to interfere with the usual wrapping or rolling of the umbrella cover about the stick.

It is also my purpose to provide an article of this class wherein the transparent sheets or panes for the openings are so secured to the cover of the umbrella that the letter will be rendered water-tight at the points of attachment of the panes and at the same time the latter may be readily and quickly applied to and remov'ed'from the cover when desired. Furthermore, I propose to provide an umbrella having a pair of spaced sight openings or windows ,in the cover thereof with the-transparent panes of the windows arched or curved in opposite direction so .that while the umbrella is open, thepanes will lie substantially flat and will not inter- .fere with the vision, yet when the umbrella is closed one panewill overlie or nest with the other pane so that the umbrella may be neatly rolled or folded.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of partsset forth in andifalling within'the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of an umbrella having my inveit tion applied thereto, the umbrella being shown in its open position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of a portion of the u1nbrella cover broken away, and "showing one manner of securing the transparent sheet or pane at the window'opening in the cover, such view being also shown partly in section; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken through a portion of one of the transparent panes and through the adjacent bindings which connect the pane with the cover. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through a section of the cover partially collapsed or folded and showing the opposing curvatures of the two transparent panes. Fig. 5 is a sectional View takenthrough a portion of the cover when the umbrella. is substantially closed and illustrating-how the two panes nest or lie one within the other.

' Referring now to the accompanyingdrawings in detail and especially to Fig. 1 thereof, the letter A indicates an ordinary umbrella stick, while B is the usual fabric cover adapted to be held in its open position by suitable ribs C. This cover is of course divided into the usual panels or sections by ribs, one of said panelsbeing designated by the letter D. In the present instance, this panel D has cut therein a pair of spaced openings. 1 and 2 which lie substantially in horizontal alinement, or in parallelism when the umbrella is open as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As will be seen by reference to Fig.- 4, the opening 1 is covered or provided with preferably an approximately cir cular pane or transparent sheet 3 which is curved or bowed inwardly, while likewise the opening 2 is'provided with preferably an approximately circular transparent sheet .or pane 4 which is curved or bowed outwardly, or in an opposite direction to the transparent sheet or pane 3, the result being that when the umbrellacover is closed, as

' shown in Fig. 5, the two transparent panes able number of small holes or perforations pane adjacent its periphery having a suittherein through which the stitches 7 may pass. Each binding strip 6 is of course sewed or stitched to the adjacent portion of the cover by means of suitable threads 8.

The preferred manner of fastening each sheet or pane is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Referring to FigMQ, the circular wall portion 5 of the cover surrounding the opening is turned or folded inward as at 9, and to this fold 9 is stitched the folded edge 10 of the binding strip 11, preferably fabric, the

other edge of this strip 11 being also folded inward as at 12. A transparent pane, for instance the pane 3, is placed between this binding strip 11 and the inner circular binding strip 13, also of fabric, the latter lying against the inner face of the adjacent section of the cover. This strip 13 is in the pres- I ent instance folded centrally upon itself and then refolded to form a four-ply binding-as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A circular row of stitching 14: passes through and unites the inner binding strip 13, the binding strip 11 and the cover of the umbrella as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I Likewise the folded or tucked-in edge 9 of the cover is united to the adjacent folded edge 10 t of the strip 11 by stitching as shown at 15.

transparent pane.

nection with the accompanying drawings the construction and manner of using the invention will be readily apparent. Owing to the flexible nature of the cover, it will be seen that when the umbrella is open, the two windows in the panel'D will be drawn apart or'separated as shown in Fig. 1, under such conditions the transparent panes instead of being slightly bowed as shown in Figs'ec and 5 will be stretched substantially flatas shown in Fig. 3. Thus windows will be provided through which the user may look ini. the desired direction, thereby enablingh m to see clearly even though the umbrella be tilted to shield the head and face. With the ordinary umbrella, .when the article is so 'tilted, itis of course impossible for the person to see directly ahead, the line of Lamaze vision being obscure by the cover portion curvature of the transparent panes, one of said panes will nest or lie within the other as shown in Fig. 5, the cover of the umbrella partially folded or collapsed being shown in Fig. 4 and indicating to some extent the manner in which the panes are moved toward each other into nested position. When the umbrella is completely collapsed the curvature of the panes will conform to the approximately cylindrical bundle made by the stick and the ribs, and the cover may be neatly and and conveniently rolled without any interference whatsoever on the part of the windows and without injuring or breaking the latter.

In the present instance I have shown the preferred form of my invention, wherein the umbrella is provided with a pair of spaced windows or openings in one of the panels or sections of the cover, but ll wish it to be understood that it is not limited to any particular number of windows. For instance, if desired, a relatively large single window may be employed.

While I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of p the appended claims. What I claim is 1. An umbrella having a pair of spaced sightopenings formed in the cover thereof and a pair of normally arched sheets .of flexible transparent material covering said openings and adapted to nest one within the other and conform to the roll of the cover when the umbrella is closed. 2. An umbrella having a pair of spaced sight openings therein. and a normally arched transparent sheet or pane of flexible material for covering each opening, said sheets or panes being adapted to nest one within the other and conform to the roll of thecover when the umbrella is closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. WILSON. Witnesses":

J. P. Tarpon, C. B. An'rn'on. 

